Tasawwuf And Self-Discipline

Tasawwuf and Self-Discipline This illustrative story explains the reality of Tasawwuf and a Sufi very well. A Sufi is a harmless human being. A Sufi doesn’t focus on others—he focuses on himself. A Sufi never wants to hurt others. A Sufi respects the existence of others to the highest degree. That is why all the great Sufis of India were vegetarians. And the langar (community kitchen) of their shrines is vegetarian even today. Tasawwuf gives importance to spiritual realities over material things. The purpose of Tasawwuf is to purify a person’s soul. Tasawwuf turns a person into a spiritual and moral human being. Tasawwuf develops the mindset that makes a person consider even his enemy as a friend. Tasawwuf suppresses negative emotions within a person and brings out the positive ones. Tasawwuf enables a person to embrace everyone without discriminating between “us” and “them.” All India Radio, New Delhi, 27 October 1994.